Indiana: Act Now to Help Nullify NDAA Indefinite Detention

Indiana SB400, The Liberty Preservation Act to nullify NDAA Indefinite detention has passed the State Senate by a vote of 31-17. The bill has been sent to the House and needs your support to keep moving forward! The link to the bill can be found here.

ACTION ITEMS

1. Call your State Representative. Let him or her know that you support SB400 and you want their support as well. Ask them to vote on principle, not party – and to consider co-sponsoring the bill as well.

2. Encourage your local community to take action as well. Present the Liberty Preservation Act to your city county, your town council, or your county commissioners. Various local governments around the country are already passing similar resolutions and ordinances. Local legislative action present a great way to strengthen a statewide campaign against NDAA indefinite detention

3. Share this information widely. Please pass this along to your friends and family. Also share it with any and all grassroots groups you’re in contact with around the state. Please encourage them to email this information to their members and supporters.

Note: while some believe that the 2013 NDAA eliminated indefinite detention, it does not. Dianne Feinstein introduced a very weak amendment to 2013 – and it failed anyway. 2012 indefinite detention provisions remain in tact – and the Obama administration is aggressively defending them in court.

Also, a case about indefinite detention is still being heard in federal court. Last year, Federal Judge Katherine Forrest struck down these indefinite detention powers as unconstitutional. She issued a temporary court order blocking the use of these powers. That order was revoked by the appeals court and indefinite detention powers remain while the case is currently on appeal but not decided.

Additionally, when asked by Judge Forrest if the federal government was using indefinite detention in violation of her temporary order blocking it, Barack Obama’s attorneys refused to confirm, leaving the door open that the Feds were potentially using this power in secret, even in outright defiance of an order from the federal courts.

Because of all this, and more, Indiana stands on strong ground to reject a federal power which has already been struck down in federal court and is still pending appeal.